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===Noun===
===Noun===

Revision as of 18:54, 28 January 2024

English

Etymology

Respelling of British imitating the t-glottalisation of the United Kingdom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɪʔɪʃ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (UK)(file)

Noun

Bri'ish (plural Bri'ishes)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of British:
    1. (humorous) The British people; a Briton
    2. (humorous, by extension) British English
      Oi bruv, do you speak Bri'ish?
      Oi, that bloke's Br'i'sh he is!

Adjective

Bri'ish (comparative more Bri'ish, superlative most Bri'ish)

  1. (humorous) British
    • 2012 May 15, Jason Wallace, Out of Shadows, Holiday House, →ISBN:
      Greet gave his best English accent, a cocktail of aristrocrat and chimney sweep. "How very noice for dear Papa, being at-'atched to the Bri'ish Embassy. Must be a lekker job, hey? The Bri'ish Embassy, cor bloimey."
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